"Old John of Gaunt, time-honoured Lancaster" - first line in Shakespeare's Richard II. Fourth son of Edward III. Younger brother to the Black Prince. Uncle to Richard II. Born in Ghent. Lived at the Palace of the Savoy 1362 - 1381. Through his first wife's inheritance became the richest nobleman in England. His third wife was Chaucer's wife's sister. Powerful military leader and virtual regent for Richard II. Died Leicester Castle, aged 59, so not really that old.
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John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster
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Savoy - feathers
SH Here, John of Valois, King of France, when brought to England as a captiv...
Savoy - flowers
SH In the Palace of the Savoy lived for many months Simon de Montfort, found...
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1 memorial
F. G. Painter
Deputy Chairman City Land Committee. Active in 1910.
1 memorial
Emiliano Zapata
Leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, the main leader of the peasant revolution in the state of Morelos, and the inspiration of the agrarian movement called Zapatismo. Born Mexico and died ther...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Morgan Fund Trustees
We guess this was a short-lived organisation, created to manage the funds raised to erect the plaque, probably in 1913.
1 memorial
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Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk
Brought up at the court of Henry VII. A favourite of King Henry VIII. Took possession of the family's estate in Southwark following the death of his uncle Thomas Brandon, in 1510. Henry VIII create...
2 memorials
Alfred Turner - lost blue plaque
SW6, Munster Road, 44
Our colleague Alan Patient took this photograph in 2010. By 2016 it had been replaced by the "Turners and Paget" plaque.
2 subjects commemorated
Dame Lucie Rie
Potter. Née Gompertz in Vienna into a rich, intellectual family. 1938 she and her husband fled Nazism intending to go to the USA but Lucie, already more interested in her work than her husband, dec...
1 memorial
Terrence Higgins Trust founded
EC1, Old Street, 333, 333 Mother Bar
{Around the logo of the Terrence Higgins Trust:} The first meeting of the Terrence Higgins Trust was held here on 17th August 1983. 10th ...
2 subjects commemorated
Giuseppe Mazzini - Hatton Garden
EC1, Hatton Garden, 5
Mazzini spent a lot of his later life in London, in various houses so perhaps "1841" is the year he lived in this particular house. It's...
1 subject commemorated
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